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Originally Posted by T-Will
True, and sometimes I feel that way, but shouldn't being in a successful career give a sense of self-pride?
I've thought about going back to school also, but it would be to get a degree that I could put on my resume to help make more money.
I've thought about going back to school also, but it would be to get a degree that I could put on my resume to help make more money.
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Originally Posted by T-Will
Just curious why it would matter if she already has a high paying job? Isn't the main purpose of getting a degree to get a higher wage? Is it more of a status thing?
Trust me... if she went to college and graduated should would NOT get a higher paying job... It is more of just a self-pride thing like jvick said, which i also don't get because when you are making the kind of money she makes I think you should be pretty happy with yourself. She has also said it's just weird how everyone around her has a college degree but she doesn't.
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I dunno. I have a Business Management/IS degree from a UC (Santa Cruz, laugh it up, dip****s :P) and while I know that having a degree is a good thing, it doens't feel like it provided me much value. I dealt with a bunch of dumbasses, worked for the state for 4 years through it all, and my job and the BS I dealt with taught me more than college. I wouldn't throw away my degree, but in the end it just feels like a piece of paper that fills a slot on a resume.
Not to diminish anyone else's achievements, that's just my experience.
Not to diminish anyone else's achievements, that's just my experience.
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Originally Posted by sybir
I dunno. I have a Business Management/IS degree from a UC (Santa Cruz, laugh it up, dip****s :P) and while I know that having a degree is a good thing, it doens't feel like it provided me much value. I dealt with a bunch of dumbasses, worked for the state for 4 years through it all, and my job and the BS I dealt with taught me more than college. I wouldn't throw away my degree, but in the end it just feels like a piece of paper that fills a slot on a resume.
Not to diminish anyone else's achievements, that's just my experience.
Not to diminish anyone else's achievements, that's just my experience.
Originally Posted by sonicsuby
At least at my company, I could have all the experience I want and be an excellent candidate for management. Not having a degree would likely prevent me from getting that management promotion and potentially limit me in the future. I don't want any roadblocks in my life and even though it's a gigantic pain in the *** to get, if companies want a degree then that's what I'll have. When we open our own business, I may never even need the degree but it's there if I do.
While you could probably get there without the degree if you were skilled enough, it'll help grease the wheel (so you don't have to).
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i agree with you guys about degree's to a point. i've learned far more while working than I learned in school. but, if i didn't have that degree, i likely wouldn't have the career i have now. catch 22.
fair or not, that piece of paper will likely be the deciding factor between 2 qualified candidates, 1 with a degree, 1 without.
fair or not, that piece of paper will likely be the deciding factor between 2 qualified candidates, 1 with a degree, 1 without.
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Originally Posted by sonicsuby
At least at my company, I could have all the experience I want and be an excellent candidate for management. Not having a degree would likely prevent me from getting that management promotion and potentially limit me in the future. I don't want any roadblocks in my life and even though it's a gigantic pain in the *** to get, if companies want a degree then that's what I'll have. When we open our own business, I may never even need the degree but it's there if I do.
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Originally Posted by Sky92x
I don't have me no education... But I not know what I want do for rest of life.
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Originally Posted by R4ND0M_AX3
My Dad never got his degree. He worked for a high tech silicon vally company producing the silicon used for wafers. Him and his budy applied for engineering positions and were denied for not having the paper. They were better than the existing engineers and proved it. They were making better and better silicon slugs and programmed into the recipe a self termination. Then said they wanted the positions or would quit (they didn't tell anyone about the recipe program so it wasn't blackmail). They ended up quiting. The recipe deleted itself. It was several months before the company could produce good silicon again.
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For some fields, you ABSOLUTELY need a degree. Try my field of expertise for example, you would NEVER ever be able to get a job in my field if you didn't have a degree in Geology, not because its a piece of paper, but because it represents that you have the knowledge for the job. You have to take the classes for my position to understand how to do your job, I use Chemistry, Geology, and Physics on a daily basis. I've worked in Geotech, where we hire field techs, basically anybody walking the street can do it, but just because you start at the bottom doesn't mean you get to go up. If a field tech wanted to become anything more than that, they'd have to go to school to understand geology. Realworld experience doesn't get you anywhere in my job, you need the knowledge from the classes you take at school.
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Originally Posted by Cohnster
For some fields, you ABSOLUTELY need a degree. Try my field of expertise for example, you would NEVER ever be able to get a job in my field if you didn't have a degree in Geology, not because its a piece of paper, but because it represents that you have the knowledge for the job. You have to take the classes for my position to understand how to do your job, I use Chemistry, Geology, and Physics on a daily basis. I've worked in Geotech, where we hire field techs, basically anybody walking the street can do it, but just because you start at the bottom doesn't mean you get to go up. If a field tech wanted to become anything more than that, they'd have to go to school to understand geology. Realworld experience doesn't get you anywhere in my job, you need the knowledge from the classes you take at school.
I don't think people working at McDonalds all of a sudden want to get into Geology as their next profession